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Introduction to The Hardware Structure and Startup Process of Cisco Switches

Aug 17 , 2022 338

First, the hardware structure of the Cisco switch

computing system ---- CPU
power system
interface system
storage system

Flash: Hard drive, store iOS and configuration commands

RAM: memory

ROM: read only memory

Description:

1ROM function: boot system, password recovery, system recovery or upgrade

Composition: bootstrap program: bootloader, used to boot the operating system

Switch program: used for password recovery and system upgrade

POST program: used to implement power-on self-test

Second, the introduction of the startup process of the Cisco switch

power-on self-test POST
load and run bootstrap from the ROM to start the microcode
looking for IOS image files (flash)
loading IOS image file (RAM)
looking for a configuration file (NVRAM)
load the configuration file (RAM)
normal operation

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